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And my mantra for rhumba clave is: Foot, da foot, da foot big foot Actually, I only think it's rhumba clave. Figures I'd forget the name of the rhythm. I'll remember the rhythm forever, though. Best wishes, Warren Sirota > -----Original Message----- > From: joe rut [mailto:joerut@lycos.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 9:22 PM > To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com > Subject: Re: Maybe why Avante-garde looping in US... > > > johnsrude@peak.org wrote: > > > You can actually get the hang of odd meter really fast if you don't > > count in numbers but in syllables, which takes advantage of > our speech centers. > > I have a song on my first album that is an instrumental that > goes back and forth between 3/4 + 4/4 (or 7/8), and 6/8. The > band could not figure it > out until I made up nonsense words to sing to it: > > "I'm going to the store with my dog > I'm going to the store with my puppy doggie > My puppy doggie > my puppy doggie > he is a really spiffy doggie" > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > > Search for businesses by name, location, or phone number. > -Lycos Yellow Pages > > http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.c om/default.asp?SRC=lycos10